Community outreach extends the impact of public broadcasting through a variety of media services, educational materials and collaborative activities. Efforts are always in partnership with other community organizations and are designed to engage individuals and foster community participation.

Channel 2 is proud to sponsor and host a wide variety of community events throughout South Florida. At the heart of our mission is the ability to enlighten, entertain and unite the diverse cultures and interests of all our viewers so check back often for a list of upcoming events in your area.

Here are some of the events going on now or coming in the near future:

What's Your Story?
Do you have a story to tell about how WPBT/Channel 2 and PBS have impacted your life? Did you grow up on Sesame Street? Did you explore your world thanks to NOVA? Did Great Performances turn you on to the arts? Were you moved to save the wetlands because of an episode of Wild Florida? How has Channel 2 helped shape your life and your world for the better?

Tell us your story and we can help you tell it to all of South Florida, on air or online, we want to hear your experiences.

Email your story to neal@uvu.channel2.org and share your passion for public broadcasting with your friends and neighbors.

Dudu Fisher in Concert in South Florida - Matinée Performance Added

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Matinée Performance Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Time: 2:00 p.m. Location: Broward Center for the Performing Arts. Evening Performance Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: Broward Center for the Performing Arts.

As a Thank You gift for your support, you will receive two tickets to the concert and the Dudu Fisher: In Concert From Israel DVD. The DVD includes nearly 30 minutes of bonus material. Tickets are available through Channel 2 beginning Thursday, December 4^th.

Click here to pledge your support.

Best known for his stirring performance as Jean Valjean in “Les Miserables” on Broadway, Dudu Fisher brings an exciting and visually stunning concert taped at the historic Beit She’an archaeological site in his beloved Israel. Connecting his talent as a Broadway performer, cantor, and contemporary artist with the beauty of Israel’s landscape, culture and people; Dudu takes the audience on an inspired journey through his music and stories.

Yanni in Concert in South Florida

Date: Friday, April 10, 2009
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: BankAtlantic Center

As a Thank You gift for your support, you will receive two tickets to the concert and the Yanni: Voices CD. Tickets are available through Channel 2 beginning Monday, December 15th.

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Jazz Roots: A Tribute to Machito & Tito Puente
About Tribute to Machito & Tito Puente: In the 1940s two styles of music – Afro–Cuban jazz and bebop – commingled to create a cross–cultural feast of intoxicating rhythms and virtuoso performances. The fusio of Latin rhythms with jazz improvisation broke new musical ground as such Afro–Cuban stars as Machito, Mario Bauza and Chano Pazo collaborated with the jazz stars of the day, Dizzie Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Stan Kenton. This show celebrates those exciting historic meetings as well as its aftermath highlighted by Afro–Cuban pioneer Machito's Orchestra and salsa maestro Tito Puente's music.

Date: Friday, January 16^th
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade
1300 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL
(305)949-6722

Jazz Roots is a concert performance series that includes educational and community outreach programs that are designed to focus on the musical DNA that connects various communities and peoples, while examining the African based roots of popular music in the Americas.

For more information visit:
http://www.carnivalcenter.org/jazzroots/

Free Screening of Independent Lens: Tulia, Texas
About Tulia, Texas: A lone undercover cop moves into a small farming town. By the end of the blazing summer of 1999, 46 people are arrested for selling cocaine – nearly all of them African American. It was heralded as one of the biggest drug busts in Texas history, until a team of lawyers set out to uncover the truth.

Date: January 23^rd
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: FIU University Park Campus
Graham Center, Rm GC140
11200 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL 33199

For more information visit:
http://www.myspace.com/communitycinemamiami

ITVS Community Cinema is a free monthly screening series featuring films from the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens. Community Cinema screenings convene community members, leading organizations, and public television stations to encourage dialogue and action around the important social issues raised in the films.